Il Crepuscolo degli Dèi

Figlio della Notte, fratello gemello di Ipnos. Raffigurato come un giovane alato, armato di spada. Non era una vera e propria divinità dell'Oltretomba, ma un'entità che veniva identificata con il preciso momento in cui si esalava l'ultimo respiro. Secondo la tradizione una volta Sisifo era riuscito ad imprigionare Thanatos con l'inganno, mentre Eracle gli strappò Alcesti.

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  Eracle combatte Tanatos per salvare Alcesti, Frederic Lord Leighton

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